NORTHERN RHODESIA: Shakedown

Northern Rhodesia, where blacks
outnumber whites 31 to 1, has long been a bastion of rampant white
supremacy among Britain's African territories. For years African
shoppers were not even allowed in stores, had to be served through
hatchways in the wall. But encouraged by Britain's Colonial Office, the
protectorate last month promulgated a new law forbidding racial
discrimination in hotel dining rooms, restaurants, cafés and movie
houses.

At first all the worst fears of pessimists seemed justified. In the
copper-belt city of Kitwe, Northern Rhodesia's largest (pop. 78,300),
angry white mobs swirled through the streets, shrieking curses and
obscenities. One...